[2] Formerly the Derby Cycle AG is listed in the Prime Standard of the regulated market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The Derby Cycle Corporation was acquired by chief Alan Finden-Crofts, former chief of Dunlop Slazenger, and attorney Ed Gottesman, from Tube Investments (TI) for £18 million, plus £14 million in assumed debt.

In November 2007, Kalkhoff took over the insolvent Derby Cycle Werke's Kynast works in Quakenbrück.

[4] The initial public offering followed the successful restructuring of the Frankfurt subsidiary Finatem on 4 February 2011.

The Dutch Accell Group launched a failed takeover attempt in late 2011.